Fiction: read around the world
Why this, why now
In this unit, pupils read extracts from four novels from around the world, and use them to develop their narrative writing. In particular, pupils explore writers' use of structure. At the end of the unit, pupils consider their own use of paragraphs for effect and write an engaging narrative.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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Fiction: read around the world
In this unit, pupils read extracts from four novels from around the world, and use them to develop their narrative writing. In particular, pupils explore writers' use of structure. At the end of the unit, pupils consider their own use of paragraphs for effect and write an engaging narrative.
17 lessons- 'After Dark': selecting evidence to support language analysis
- Developing reading skills by responding to Murakami's 'After Dark'
- 'The Cellist of Sarajevo': expressing a personal and critical response to a text
- Structuring paragraphs effectively in creative writing
- Exploring the use of time in Galloway's ‘The Cellist of Sarajevo’
- ‘Suite Française’: evaluating ideas about a writer’s craft
- Using inversion and asyndeton to craft interesting sentence structures
- ‘After Dark’: exploring Murakami’s extended metaphor
- ‘Suite Française’: forming opinions on fiction
- Emulating Murakami’s craft to write a descriptive opening
- Using onomatopoeia and alliteration to craft interesting sound imagery
- Emulating Saramago's use of structure in 'Blindness'
- Analysing Saramago's use of structural devices in 'Blindness'
- Crafting an engaging narrative
- Exploring and emulating Galloway's use of symbols in ‘The Cellist of Sarajevo’
- Analysing images of hope and destruction in Galloway's 'The Cellist of Sarajevo'
- Exploring structure in Murakami's ‘After Dark’